The Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises

The Great Financial Crisis that began in 2007-2008 reminds us with devastating force that financial instability and crises are endemic to capitalist economies. This Handbook describes the theoretical, institutional, and historical factors that can help us understand the forces that create financial crises — with an emphasis on the crisis of 2007- 2008 — and the theoretical perspectives and policy approaches that have tried to comprehend and limit these financial tsunamis